Virtues Quotes

890 Virtues quotes by 560 unique authors

There are nine orders of angels, to wit, angels, archangels, virtues, powers, principalities, dominations, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim — Billy Graham
Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it all others depend. — Winston Churchill
Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. — Benjamin Franklin
One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter. — Francoise Sagan
Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues. — Hugh Prather
Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself. — William Hazlitt
Repudiating the virtues of your world, criminals hopelessly agree to organize a forbidden universe. They agree to live in it. The air there is nauseating.… — Jean Genet
Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice, at least, that Americans ought to view with sympathy. For… — William Golding
While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on them… — Heinrich Heine
About the greatest virtue a friend can have, is to be able to hold her tongue; and through this, like all virtues carried to extremity,… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
True friendship is self-love at second hand; where, as in a flattering mirror we may see our virtues magnified and our errors softened, and where… — William Hazlitt
But there is no end to the praise of books, to the value of the library. Who shall estimate their influence on our population where… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character is made up of core moral principles called the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, caring, fairness and citizenship. Each of these virtues… — Michael Josephson
There never was a strong character that was not made strong by discipline of the will; there never was a strong people that did not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered; but very often an action of small note. An… — Plutarch
It can be frustrating and even frightening to observe the success which sometimes comes to outlaws and rogues who seem to refute notions of universal… — Michael Josephson
It is easy enough to arouse in a listener a desire for what is honorable; for in every one of us nature has laid the… — Seneca the Younger
A person is said to have good character when their habits, dispositions and conduct reflect a deep commitment to ethical virtues and moral principles. — Michael Josephson
True humility-the basis of the Christian system-is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues. — Edmund Burke
Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self. — Thomas Stearns Eliot

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